Ever since that door had closed, Xiao Tong's attention had kept drifting toward it.
Although her mother had warned her not to disturb her brother, Xiao Tong could not contain her curiosity. While neither of her parents was looking, she quietly crept over.
Swallowing nervously, she pressed her ear against the door.
Huh?
Why wasn't there any sound at all?
Wasn't it supposed to be pretty noisy?
Just as Xiao Tong's head filled with question marks, the door she had her ear pressed against moved...
Thud-
"Ow!"
The opening door slammed straight into her. Xiao Tong staggered backward, clutching her forehead, and nearly fell to the floor.
Looking at Xiao Tong glaring at him with an aggrieved expression and a hand over her forehead, Lu Zhou paused in surprise.
"What are you doing?"
"N-nothing." She glanced at Lu Zhou, then sneaked a look at Chen Yushan behind him. Even with her forehead throbbing, Xiao Tong could not suppress her hunger for gossip. She whispered, "Hey, big brother... you two were in there for quite a while... what were you doing?"
"Talking about a few things."
He reached out and tapped her forehead. Ignoring the Little Guy as she clutched her forehead with an exaggerated little cry, Lu Zhou turned to Chen Yushan, knowing he had barely used any force.
"I'll walk you out."
"Okay." With her hands behind her back, Chen Yushan smiled and nodded, following Lu Zhou toward the door.
Speaking of which, there was a little incident just before she left.
Spotting Lu Zhou leading Chen Yushan toward the door from outside the kitchen, his mother abandoned her tidying and hurried over to persuade her to stay.
She would have loved for this young woman, whom she liked more every time she looked at her, to stay a